Pride is seldom delicate: it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.

Moon, moon, rise in the sky to be a reminder of comfort and the hour when I was brave.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention.

In closing, the greatest threat to peace on this earth is the arrogance of a super-power [America] that is out of control.

Stop and sink into this timeless moment!

There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.